Mount Pleasant News

  A man has been arrested by Marshall police  after he was observed kicking his dog and then hanging it from a leash on a door of a business on East End Boulevard.  Thirty-year-old Jason Edwards was arrested and booked into the Harrison County Jail for  Cruelty to a  Non-Livestock …

In a unanimous decision, a Republican-led investigative committee of the state house that spent months quietly looking into Attorney General Ken Paxton recommended impeaching the state’s top lawyer. The state House of Representatives could vote on the recommendation as soon as today. Paxton has been under FBI investigation for years …

Aimee Foster At 10:31 Wednesday night, an officer stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in the 1500 block of Lamar Avenue. A passenger, Aimee Foster, was observed possessing medication not in its original prescription container. Through interviewing Foster and researching the type of medication she had, officers established that …

The Texas House of Representatives General Investigating Committee heard testimony on Wednesday surrounding allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton faces securities fraud charges, and they accuse him of using taxpayer money to settle a $3.3 million whistleblower lawsuit. In addition, former Paxton employees allege after they reported his …

An Ellis County grand jury indicted 25-year-old Shamaiya Hall, of Italy, TX. She is the North Texas mother accused of stabbing three of her children to death and attempting to kill two others. They charged Hall with Capital Murder. If convicted, she faces a possible death sentence or life without …

Following the Texas Commission on Jail Standards inspection, they removed the Rains County Jail from the state non-compliance list. Unfortunately, they placed the jail on the list in March when it had yet to receive the necessary eight-month inspections. The inspections required were for fire safety and health.

The man accused of murdering his neighbor in Forney earlier this month will not have his bond reduced. A judge in Kaufman County ruled Wednesday that Trevor McEuen’s bond will remain at $2 million, and he will stay in jail. Officials accused him of fatally shooting 35-year-old Aaron Martinez.

Titus County arrested 40-year-old Billy Wayne Gage, Jr., of Mt Pleasant, on six counts of Indecency with a Child. His bond is $15,000 on each count totaling $90,000. An arrest document said he had exposed himself to his neighbors outside his residence. He also admitted to using methamphetamine and alcohol …

Caesar Olalde Bail has been set in Bowie County at $10 million for Caesar Olalde, 18, arrested Tuesday for allegedly killing four people in his home in Nash. They have charged him with capital murder of multiple persons. He remains in the Bi-State Detention Center. The victims were Caesars’s father, …

‘Press Release From Delta County Sheriff Charla Singleton On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, just before 11:00 am, deputies and first responders were dispatched to the area of Highway 24 North and FM 198 for a two-vehicle major crash. Upon arrival, emergency medical personnel determined that two occupants of one of …